These Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake Cookie Cups start off with homemade sugar cookie cups that are filled with a wonderful pumpkin pie cheesecake filling and topped with whipped cream for a cool and refreshing fall treat.
This post/recipe was created for #PumpkinWeek! I was sent samples by some of the sponsor companies but as always opinions are 100% mine.
In my book Summer is over, September means fall is here, even if the weather still feels like mid July and I’m ready for all things pumpkin and autumn. These Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake Cookie Cups are just what we needed around here to bring a little bit of fall into the house but still have a cool treat to beat the southern heat.
Y’all know that we’re crazy about cookie cups around here and I’ve been making them for over 12 years. We tend to always go back to our favorites like the traditional chocolate chip cookie cups and chocolate cream pie cookie cups but we love trying out new flavors like the strawberry pie cookie cups and these Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake Cookie Cups too. These cookie cups with a cool pumpkin pie cheesecake filling are perfect for this week’s #PumpkinWeek event!
What you need to make Cookie Cups:
For the cookie cups:
- unsalted butter, softened
- sugar
- egg
- vanilla extract
- flour
- baking soda
- salt
- cream of tartar
What you need to make Pumpkin Cheesecake Filling:
- cream cheese, softened
- pumpkin pie mix
- vanilla extract
- powdered sugar
I’ve got all of the directions and measurements below for you to show you how to make these tasty treats. They’re perfect on their own but event better when topped with pumpkin pie spice or fun fall sprinkles. These Cheesecake Cookie Cups would be a great dessert for Thanksgiving or just as a sweet treat after a wonderful dinner.
Can I use a different cookie recipe for the base?
I think it’s a great idea to play around with flavor combinations when it comes to cookie cups. This sugar cookie dough recipe is the recipe I use the most when I make my cookie cups but I also have a chocolate cookie cup base recipe here that would go well with the pumpkin. Chocolate and Pumpkin are actually really good together.
If you want to take a short cut you could always use store bought cookie dough like I use to use for the first cookie cups I made. Although sometime the store cookie dough puffs a little too much when baked so it’s a trial and error kinda thing with store bought but it’s fun to play around with!
Can I use canned pumpkin instead of pumpkin pie mix?
You can but I haven’t made this recipe with plain canned pumpkin so I don’t know what measurement you’d need to add for the spices to make it into pumpkin pie mix for this exact recipe. However, I do have a homemade pumpkin pie recipe on the blog and you could use that as a guide for the spices.
SPONSORED ITEMS USED IN THIS RECIPE:
- Dixie Crystals – Sugar & Powdered Sugar
- Cabot – Butter
- Sweets & Treats – Sweet Sprinkles Mix: Fall Harvest
Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake Cookie Cups
Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake Cookie Cups
These Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake Cookie Cups start off with homemade sugar cookie cups that are filled with a wonderful pumpkin pie cheesecake filling and topped with whipped cream for a cool and refreshing fall treat.
Ingredients
FOR COOKIE CUPS
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
FOR PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE FILLING
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup pumpkin pie filling mix
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- whipped cream, pumpkin pie spice and sprinkles for topping - optional
Instructions
FOR COOKIE CUPS
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Beat butter until smooth.
- Add sugar and continue mixing until light and fluffy. Add egg, vanilla and salt Mix well.
- Sift flour, baking soda and cream of tartar together and add in one step to above. Mix until dough forms. Do not over mix.
- Wrap dough tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Spray mini muffin tin with butter spray.
- Take 1 1/2 tablespoon of chilled dough and roll into ball. Use thumbs to press ball into a bowl shape. Press cookie dough bowl into muffin pan. Continue until muffin pan is full.
- Bake for 12 minutes.
- Remove from oven. Use back of spoon to make a well in dough and press dough back into a cup/bowl shape.
- Let cookie cups cool completely on wire rack before removing cookie from muffin tin.
FOR PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE FILLING
- In a medium bowl, cream together the cream cheese and butter until smooth.
- Add in pumpkin pie mix and vanilla.
- Mix in powdered sugar, mix until smooth.
- Spoon about 1 table of cheesecake filling into each cookie cup.
- Place cookie cups into fridge for 3-4 hours until cheesecake is slightly firm.
- Top with whipped cream, a dash of pumpkin pie spice and sprinkles.
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